Scottish firm IceRobotics develops electronic and mechanical technologies for applications in livestock farming. The company has four products – IceTag, IceTracker, IceCam and IceScore – that it supplies to farms and livestock researchers.

Scottish firm IceRobotics develops electronic and mechanical technologies for applications in livestock farming. The company has four products – IceTag, IceTracker, IceCam and IceScore – that it supplies to farms and livestock researchers.

Scientists from Oxford University have suggested that climate researchers and policy makers ought to worry less about working out exactly how sensitive Earth’s climate will be to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Academic from the University of Leeds and the University of Reading were among those who received the 2007 Nobel Peace prize for helping understand climate change. The 2007 Nobel Peace prize was awarded jointly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the former US vice-president, Al Gore.

Southampton University spinout Perpetuum has raised $10m to fund the commercialisation of its vibration energy-harvesting generator. The device generates an electric current from the vibrations produced by machines.

The Alternative Investment Market received a further boost for its reputation as a global home for technology firms this month as yet another USbased company announced it intended to float on London’s junior market. Massachusetts software business CambridgeSoft said it would seek admission for its stock on AIM.